Crescenta Valley High School

Crescenta Valley Coaching Staff

 
VARSITY
JUNIOR VARSITY
SOPH/FROSH
Shawn Zargarian
Joe Maniccia
Mark Samford
Head CoachHead CoachHead Coach
   
DoVall Boykins
 
 
Assistant Coach  
   
Matt Reid
Assistant Coach
   
TBA
TBA
TBA
Parent CoordinatorParent CoordinatorParent Coordinator

 

Shawn Zargarian- Varsity Coach
Coach Z
Coach Z as he is affectionately known forges strong
 
bonds with his players, keeps those relationships,
 
and provides the vision for the strength of the Falcon
 
program.  As a coach, he has guided or assisted on
 
teams that earned numerous tournament
 
championships as well as league crowns at every
 
level.  Over the last two years he has piloted  the

Varsity to a 40-16 record.  Shawn has taught at

Crescenta Valley for ten
years and is a member of

the science department. He
 earned his Master's 

Degree in Education and
Technology from Point Loma

Nazarene University in
2004.
DoVall Boykins- Varsity Asst Coach
Coach Boykins
DoVall returns for his 5th year helping Coach Z
 
with the Varsity team.  He brings with him a
 
wealth of basketball experience.  A three-year
 
varsity standout at Taft High School, DoVall has
 
coached at his alma mater, at CV, and has guided
 
a travel ball team.  His wealth of experience will
 
no doubt help the program. DoVall graduated
 
from Cal State Northridge with a Bachelor's of
 
Science in Accounting and Real Estate. He currently
 
works as a claims adjuster at ESIS Workers' Comp.
  
Matt Reid- Varsity Asst. Coach
Reid
Varsity Assistant, Matt Reid, returns to the

sideline for his 6th year.  Steeped in
CV's

tradition, Matt was Captain of the team his
 
Junior year and guided the club to a 22-3
 
record.  The following year he was again

voted Captain and finished his career by
 
earning the prestigious Paul Carr Memorial
 
Award. Matt then began his coaching career
 
which has seen success each step of the way.   
 
 
 
Joe Maniccia- Junior Varsity Coach
Coach Maniccia
Joe returns for his 13th year of association with
 
Falcon Basketball.  His first two years of coaching
 
the soph/frosh team resulted in two consecutive
 
league titles. In his following year, as the JV coach,
 
Joe led the JV team to a Pacific League title.  Joe
 
again, led the JV team to another Pacific League
 
title during the 2010-11 season.  Joe assists with

the varsity practices
daily and his former players

make great impacts
on the varsity squad.  A true

Falcon, Joe is deeply
rooted in the community

having graduated from
Crescenta Valley in 1970. 

Coach
Maniccia resides in La Crescenta and owns

his own business
.
  
Mark Samford- Soph / Frosh Coach
Coach Samford
Coach Samford is in his 11th year as coach of the
 
soph/frosh team, after assisting Coach Maniccia
 
in the 2002-03 Pacific League Championship
 
campaign.  One of Mark's chief responsibilities are
 
to develop players that stride toward contributing
 
at the upper levels and continuing the Falcon
 
tradition.  Coach Samford provides a foundation
 
to the players as they enter the program.  Another
 
in a line of coaches who attended Crescenta Valley,
 
Mark graduated in 1971.  Mark lives in La Crescenta
 
and is working on his teaching credential.

 

 
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